Acunaeanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family of Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one known species; Acunaeanthus tinifolius, which is endemic to Cuba.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Acunaeanthus Borhidi, Komlodi & Moncada |
| Species: | A. tinifolius
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| Acunaeanthus tinifolius | |
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The genus name of Acunaeanthus is in honour of Julián Acuña Galé (1900–1973), a Cuban botanist who served as director of the Agricultural Experimental Station in Santiago de Las Vegas.[2] The Latin specific epithet of tinifolius with leaves like Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus).[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. Vol.26 on page 282 (1980, published in 1981).[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Acunaeanthus Borhidi, Komlódi & Moncada | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Hugh F. Glen Sappi What's in a Name: The Meanings of the Botanical Names of Trees (2004), p. 69, at Google Books
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